Thursday, September 25, 2008

The goal was to scare the reader and to do so, Mr. Navellier's marketing experts added a picture of a paining: The Raft of the Medusa, by the French painter Théodore Géricault. You can admire this painting at the Louvre Museum in paris.

Here it is. Scary, isn't it?

Mr. Navellier (or his Marketing department) then try to convince you that the one and only way to preserve your money id through his Blue Chip Growth service. A few $100 and you and your money are safe.

In addition you get Mr. Navellier's report The Earnings Secret: how to outperform the market 3-to-1! (a $49 value), his How To Invest $50,000 Now (a $49 value) and last but not least If You Can Buy Just 3 (a $29 value).

I do not know who and how values these reports, but this is not the point here.

In a light yellow frame on the same message you can read:

Do You Own ONE Of These Stocks?

This is a sampling of the stocks we put to the test and report on in Action Plan For The Wipeout:MicrosoftApple VisaCiscoCrocsGoogleIntelGeneral ElectricExxonMobilGoldman SachsJohnson & JohnsonAmerica MovilColgate-Palmolive DeereExpress Scripts First Solar Mosaic MEMC ElectronicToyotaBlockbusterMcDonald’s Research In Motion SchlumbergerLockheed MartinCSX Corp Merrill LynchPfizerMerckMasterCard Raytheon Activision Hess Owens-Illinois Pepsi CoTransocean Vimpel AND 84 MORE!

But there is a little problem: the following stocks ARE currently in the Blue Chip Growth portfolio:

Apple

Colgate-Palmolive

Deere

Express Scripts

First Solar

Mosaic (Top5)

McDonald’s

Research In Motion

CSX Corp

MasterCard

Raytheon

Activision (Top5)

Hess

Owens-Illinois

Transocean

Vimpel

Does Mr. N. check what he has or does he just tell his readers random advices? Two of the stocks to avoid are even in his Top5...